Transformation-making machine



Feb. 12,, 1924; 1,483,713

* A. BOURGEOIS TRANSFORMATION MAKING MACHINE Filed Oct, 11. 1921 2 Sheats-Sheet 1 Jrwntoz Feb. 12 1924. A. BOURGEOIS TRANSFORMATION MAKING MACHINE Fii'ed Oct. 11. 1921 Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

PATENT o{rFi LBEET BOURGEOIS, DE PARIS, FRANCE.

TPANSFORMTIONMANG MACHINE;-

Application flled October 11, 1921. Serial IO.O7,129.

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Be it known that' I, ALBERI BOURGEOIS, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 1 Boulevard de Courcelles, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Transformation-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clevices for disengaging from bundles formed therewith any filiform bodies, and especiall har, in view of making transformations with thcm. The said improvements consist mainly in the fact of providing for the use of a hook 50 constructed that When sunk into the oundle of filiform bodies, it will, on being withdrawn, draw one of them out, movements of the said hook being automatica.ly actuated, while a trame is used that supports the said bondle and a piece of tulle by means ot sillrgauze to which the filif0rm bodies are to loe tied, snob trame being snitably actuated to ensure that the hair drawn Will form rows.

Another object of my invention is to provide certain means 01' methods of construction and utilization of the aforesaid device.

Hereinafter my invention is described, in reference to the appended dr'awings diagrammatically to show, as instances, three embodiments of the same as applied to a device more particularly used for drawing out of a bundle made therewith hair one by one to achieve transformations.

In the aforementioned drawings, Figures 1, 2 and 3, are views in perspective of a hair drawing device or machine constmcted according to the three methods of performing my invention.

Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly a section, of a detail shownin Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a detail of Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Fig. 6 is an elevation ofa head coifed with such a transformation as can be achieved by means of the herein andhereby described, shown and illustrated device.

Within a frame 0? is stretcheda pice of tulle b agairist Which is sewn, along the edges thereof, a piece of silk gauze a. 7

Frame d is designed in such a way as to Slide in a member f itself adapted to slide in a member offrame 9- j A threaded rod g has one of its ends provided with a crank g* screwed into a hole tapped in member g and is kept in member 7", and moves the latter one millimeter par crank g* revolution.

A cross piece 9 of member 9 has, in its middle, a fixed 11111; 9 by means of which the complete frame is connected with a tablet o ramework j 80 as to be adapted to loe moved by the rotating of worm g and be guided by rod g sliding in nut 9 r /Vorrng and rod 9 are hulobed in bearings g secured on tablet 9.

A cran]; shaft i,.hubbed in bearings 2' and actuated bycrank z' drives, on the one hand, 'by means of pinions 2' 7L2, 71, g" and of rod 71, rotating inbearings 7L the Worm g whioh carries pinion g, andon the other hand, by means of its eloow and the intermediary o1 connecting rod 2"* and rod 73 moving ina fixedguide 77, an adjustable support or bracketi for a draw-hook c. A look of hair 0 to be treated,is applied,

by its ont end, against the silk gauz'e piece and held b means of a piece of paper or, say, rubber sewn 0n the tulle.

The tnllehas meshesan two of Which are at the same i:rhplanting istance as on the headskin two adjacent hairs, i. e. about a .millimeter.

Point 6 of the drawing hook is bent in such a way as to draw ont one hair vvhen pulled out from the look after stabbing.

The w0rking of the device is as follows:

When crank 2 is revolved, threaded .rod 9 drags, translating loymeans of nut member g and thereb theset of rame, while, for the first hait revolution of the said crank, the point or hook 6 is moved perpendicnlarly into the look of hair.

During the second half revolution of the said crank, hook 6 is brought toits initial position, drawing ont a har, While the set of hair continues its own translation.

Shooting forth again, the hook disengages from the drawn hair, which is hld by the meshes of frame d.

A row of har is thus bbtaincd and," in order to get a..seCond one the Crank 9* is hair, and especially the portion upon which the gauze is sewn Will have an implantation most similar to the natural one on the skin of the head.

This operation once done, the drawn ends of the hair are tied on the tulle whioh can .then be removed from trame (Z and a transformation 76 is achieved having an invisible parting on gauze or as re1orsented by Fig. 6.

Fig. 2 is amethod of constructing the same machine but in a modified Wa; so as to allow trame d to be movedautomatically when passing from one row of drawn hair to the next row of hair to be .drawn if desired.

Frame d is, in this case, set asin the previous one. A member Z adapted to serve as a slide ior trame d; slides in suitably formed slides i integral with the frame, and, if neoessary, along the rod of stem Z parallel to the axis of the said slides Z It may also be made integral with trame projections j and be pro- Vided With a rack secured to it and arranged parallel to the axis of slides Z TWO; tappets a are removably put in a slide ofgroove arranged in a cross-piece 71 made integral withprojection j parallelly to frame d, eaoh of the said tappets having to it linked a finger n adapted to thrust in the position shoWn by solid lines at Fig. i, against the body of the tappet, and eaeh tappet is provided with an antagonistic spr1ng n preferably just sufiicient to keep it in this position. The t'appets are so ar ranged that when sliding member Z is near the end of its travel in either direction, an arrn of a cam Z Will strike against finger 72 of one of the tappets and keep it in thrust position.

Thesaid arm is therefore and thereby permitted to rotate one fourth of a revolntion,

and, consequently to cause threaded rod m to be revolVed, which, moving in the tapped portion Z moves frame d one millimeter.

/Vhen member Z oomes back, the next arm of cain Z meets the same finger n and the latter, reclining as shown by dots and dashes at Figure 4, does not retain the oam any more. This arrangement allows trame d to be moved one millimeter in the same direction every time one of cam Z arme 1neets with and strikes,against a firiger 77/ A worm o, adaptecl to mesh With rack Z is positioned on an axle carrying at one of its ends a crank 0 and, at itsother end, a crank plate 0 x A rocking lever 0 carries on one of its e11ds an adjustable supportfrOin thedrawhook e and has, intermediate to its ends, a

slot adapted to allow the crank table stud 0 to slide.

It Will be apparent therefore, that, by revolving of the draw-hook is caused to sink, stabor penetrate, into the look or bundle of hair, and that the next half turn or revolution of the same orank-causes it to come back.

Figure 3 illustrates another method of performing the device, which method pcr mite automatic action of the draw hook and of trame cZ to be achieved. A

in this case also, frame d is fitted as previously.

A member p, adapted to serve as slide for the same trame (Z, and itself to slide along a rod 7, is traversed by the threaded part of ascrew or worm g, parallel to rod 7*.

A threaded roc d having the saine p1ir pose as threaded rod m in the device shown by Figure 2, is provided, as the latter, with a fourarined cam (Z similar to the one of Z of the said device, the said member (Z being aotuated by tappets 8, also like the n ones.

Screw or worm q is provided with a system of crank plates q and carries a sliding sleeve integral with two toothed pinions 1 9 An axle t, hubbed in a bearing 25 bas, at one of its ends, a crank t and at its other end, a bevel pini0n t adapted to 1nesh with one of the pinions g Two tappets et can be fixed, variably spaoed from one another, on a spindle u connected by a for-k or yoke to the sleeve and sliding by long pins in the guiding mernbers u 'secured to the -trame.

During the rotation of cranl; 25 member p, reachin'g the end of its travel, drags, by means of one or the tappets 8, the spindle u and thereiore and thereby the sleeve which Will cause the other pinion to come ino 1nesh with pinion t r In order to ensure a proper meshing of the two pinion's, a spring 1;, for instance, may loe set on the frame and a projection 10 pro- 'vided on spindle u in order that wlienever with a support for the draw-hook and with slots adapted to give a sliding to the studs of the 'crank plates q Obviously, do not intend to limit my invention to the particular embodiment here by described, it being understood that a plurality of modifications and variations may be done,'introduoed, or applied, without in the crank 0 half a turn, the point 7 any Way! departing from the spirit and principle thereof.

Havng now particularly descrbcd and ascertained the nature of my said invention and the way in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I .clam is:-

1. A machine of the class described, comprising a table, a frame mounted thereon for retrograde movement, a work carrying member slidable in the frame, means carred by the frame automatcafly producing a step by step movement thereof actuated at the end of each stroke of the frame, a screw connection with the frame, means for rotating the screw, means for automatcally changng the direction of rotation of the screw for producing the retrograde movement of the frame, a needlc mounted for reciprocating movement on the table, and means for reciprocating the needle to operate on the work in the member.

2. A machine of the class descrbed, including a table, a frame slidably mounted thereon, a work carrying member sldable in the frame, a piece of sheet material stretched on the work carrying member, a piece of sheet material of a difierent character than the first mentioned secured to said first-mentioned sheet, 21 needle mounted for reciprocating movement on the table for operating on the sheet materals, and

operating means for the frame, the member, and the needle, whereby the entire surface of the sheets in the frame may be operated on by the needle and the second-mentioned sheet material reinforces the firstmentioned.

3. A machine of the class described, comprising a table, a frame mounted on the table for reciprocating movement, a work carrying member slidable in the frame, a. feed screw mounted for rotation in the frame and work carrying member for movng said work carrying member in the frame, a ratchet wheel mounted on the feed screw, a needle having a recprocatingmovement to operate on the work in the member, means for recprocating the frame, and a pair of blocks adjustably mounted on the frame for engagement With said ratchet wheel for rotatng the screw and imparting a step by step movement to the work carrying member at the end of each stroke of the frame.

4. A machine of the class described, comprisng a table, a frame mounted thereon for reciprocating movement, a Work carrier mounted in the frame, a needle for operating on the work in the carrier, a screw member rotatably mounted on the table havng threaded connection With the frame, a source of power for rotating said screw member, a reversibe clutch connecticn between said source of power and the screw member, and means operated by the frame for operating the clutchto produce the recprocating movement of the frame.

5. A machine of the class descrbed, comprising a table, a frame mounted thereon for reciprocating movement, a work carrier mounted in the frame, a needle for operating on the work in the carrier, a screw member rotatably mounted on the table having threaded connection with the frame, a. source of power for rotatng said screW member, a reversible c1utch connection betWeen sad source of power and the screw member, a rod slidably mounted on the table connected with the clutch for operat ng the same, and blocks adjustably mounted on the rod and engaged by the frame for operating the clutch t0 reverse the movement of the frame and screw member.

6. A machine et the class descrbed,' comprising a table, a rame mounted thereon for reciprocating movement, a Work carrier mounted in the frarne, a needle for operatng on the Work in the carrier, a screw member rotatably mounted on the table havng threaded connection with the frame, a source of poWer for rotating said screw member, a reversible c1utch connection between said source of power and the screw member, a rod slidably mounted on the. table connected with the clutch for operating the same in its slding movement, b1ocks adjustably mounted on the rod adapted to be engaged by the frame at the end of its stroke of movement for disconnecting the clutch from the poWer, said rod having cam surfaces formed thereon, and resilient means for cooperation wth the cam surfaces to move the clutch after disengagement t0 reengage and reverse the motion of the screw member.

In testimony whereof I afiixed my signaturc.

ALBERT BOURGEOIS. 

